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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Garry E. Jacobs, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Gerald Zeininger, Long Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Garry E. Jacobs, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Gerald Zeininger, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fluor Technologies Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/00 (2006.01); F17D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-phase fluid is split in a flow splitting device that includes a feed pipe in which a flow redistribution element induces tangential motion in the phases such that the denser phase is forced to redistribute around the periphery of the feed pipe. The so redistributed flow is then split into two or more distribution conduits that are typically perpendicular to the flow direction of the feed flow. Most typically, the feed pipe is in a vertical position.